INDIANAPOLIS -- Rick Pitino was trying to explain just how sick Russ Smith was, warning the assembled media during his postgame news conference that they ought to steer clear of the Louisville guard lest they come down with the guard's "ridiculous co...

PHILADELPHIA -- An old retiree gifted Andy Enfield the sign that now hangs above his office door. It reads like a challenge but it's more Enfield's motto: "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." It's a strange slogan for a man who ...

NEW ORLEANS -- At around 11 a.m. on Thursday, a man and woman were strolling down Canal Street, clad in the uniform of the weekend -- Final Four T-shirt, shorts to enjoy the warm weather and a beer in hand. The revelry officially has started here,...

He lit up UCLA in the NCAA tournament, led Wyoming to the Sweet 16 and landed on the cover of SI. Basketball once came easy for the unforgettable Fennis Dembo. But things didn't go as easily once basketball went away.

The tipping point for Villanova's program under Jay Wright came in 2005 during a Sweet 16 loss to North Carolina. That's why it's fitting the Wildcats will play the Tar Heels again four years later for a spot in the national championship.